© Bruce C. Ward December 1999

Proposed Amendment to Chapter 61

The Jucicial Council of Kansas approved for introduction to the year 2000 legislature, a proposed amendment to Chapter 61 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.  The proposed amendment consists of:

 (1)  a complete rewrite of Chapter 61 which if adopted will repeal the existing Chapter 61 and replace it with a new code of civil procedure for limited actions;

 (2)  a proposed supreme court rule for technical standards for electronic filing of court documents; and

 (3)  a proposed supreme court rule that will contain forms for practice under Chapter 61 to be drafted if and when the new act is passed.

The proposed amendment generally will allow for electronic filing of court cases throughout the state, streamline serveral procedures under Chapter 61 and reduce or eliminate paper to be filed wherever possible.

For a more detailed summary of the proposed amendment as well as the full text of the amendment with comments, go to www.kcaa.net.  I am a member of  the subcommitte of the Judicial Council which drafted the proposed amendment.
 
 

Electronic Filing

For a general summary of this topic, see the section on electronic filing elsewhere on this web site.  The Civil Practice Committee of the Wichita Bar Association is studying recommendations that the Bar Association can make to help bring about electronic filing in Sedgwick County.  I am a member of the Civil Practice Committee and am the chair of the subcommittee that is studying the issue.
 
 

E-mail Campaign

We are almost done with the programming to allow e-mail to be sent to clients directly from my collection system software.  We will start testing soon.   I expect to have this in place by the end of the year.